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Ju Yeon Kim1, Se Rim Choi2, Jin Kyun Park3

  • 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea.

概括

过早停止Pneumocystis jirovecii肺炎 (PJP) 预防,特别是高剂量葡萄糖皮质类药物,增加了类风湿性疾病患者的风险. 减速到12.5毫克的普得尼松等价物是一个更安全的戒断点.

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